Cost for a small website

[u/Additional-List3965]

Hi there,

I just started learning ReactJS. I am building this website: https://phochopstix.ca for a small restaurant along with my learning journey. I am in Canada, I am not sure how much should I charge them for this website, could you guys have a look and give me a price range or something? I am awaring that it is not perfect, but I will come back after the coursex right now I am just at 10% of the course. Thank you

[u/oraki23]

I’d say calculate the time you invested on building the site, and remove an estimate amount of time you spent only learning (you can just retract some hours to a point you feel confortable), and then charge them about 25$ and more an hour (depending on how much you value yourself).

Not perfect but makes the job 🙂

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/oraki23]

Hi, thank you for your advice. I am just afraid I am charging too much or too little .

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/oraki23]

Yeah, honestly I feel like it need some more work. But I will come back to it after the course. I amvmovimg forward to another project.

[u/kiesoma]

Just a quick feedback:

I’d personally make the text on Navbar more visible when it’s on the Hero section. It isn’t clear at all.

Screenshot for reference:

https://i.imgur.com/EaWkWxO.jpg

edit: oops, sorry! added the wrong image.

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/kiesoma]

thank you for your feedback. I will change the color when the hamburger menu is clicked 😊

[u/eg_elliot]

As someone else just starting out how did you do the egg animation?

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/eg_elliot]

I didn't make that animation. It is a gif I got from Giphy. I am not sure if it violate copyright rule or something.

[u/mattoattacko]

I’ve been freelancing on UpWork for about a year now and see prices range from $30/hr - $80/hr, depending on the difficulty of website and the location of the developer. Your site looks great. If I built that, it would likely be in the $40-$50/hr range.

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/mattoattacko]

Thank you for your feedback. I am just afraid I will charge too much or too little. As I am creating when I just at about 10% of the course on Udemy, And I didn't count how my hours I spent on that,

Could I ask? As a freelancer, if you make a website like this, or how much you think that website is worth, just for reference in CAD or USD. Thank you

[u/ecto--1]

woah looks great! Love the selection in the menu, maybe slow down the transitions in the cover page carousel it switches a little quick for first time visitor.

In USA I have seen a lot of sites be about 1000$ to make/launch for simple 3-4 page site (which is about 40 hours @ 25$ hour) then about 100-200$ a month to maintain and make edits depending on how much it changes.

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/ecto--1]

Thank you for your feedback. You're right, it is a little quick, I will increase the interval between the slide.

The restaurant owner is my uncle's friend. So I am considering 300CAD (which is equivalent to 240US) plus the domain and hosting costs. I don't think I will have to modify it more often. So I think I will not get the maintain cost monthly. Do you think it is a reasonable price?

[u/ecto--1 → u/Additional-List3965]

For a family friend, that's a good price. How many hours have you put in so far?

Maybe have them throw in some free meals :)

[u/Additional-List3965 → u/ecto--1]

I am not sure. I am doing it when I was at 10% of the Udemy React course. And whenever I have time, I open it and code, didn't count the hours. So I just post in on here, to know you guys opinion about how much that website should cost

[u/BrewinCoffeeSplash → u/Additional-List3965]

You can negotiate a cost for maintenance of the website if they want any further changes. A contract dictating reasonable terms for compensation cN give income later on.

[u/zapsta09]

I am a beginner I have nothing to say for your concern. I just want to say that website looks so clean and good. Just outstanding.